Estelle Cockcroft

Estelle Cockcroft is a seasoned sailor, catamaran expert, and co-founder of Catamaran Guru. With over 70,000 NM sailed and 30+ years aboard, she empowers new cruisers with expert advice on liveaboard life, yacht ownership, and ocean adventures.

Types of Crewed Charter Programs

Fully Crewed Luxury Charter Yacht A professional paid crew maintains and runs your catamaran as a small business in the location of your choice. The owner enjoys all the benefits of a crewed yacht while offsetting a significant part of the cost of ownership through charter income. The costs of owning a luxury charter yacht […]

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Examples Of Crewed Charter Yacht Programs

Live-Aboard Owner/Operators The idea is that the boat owners live aboard and operate their own catamaran as an independent charter business. We have helped several couples set their catamarans up in a crewed charter business. There are two different ways to do that: The first is being associated with a charter company that has the

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HOW TO START YOUR CREWED CHARTER BUSINESS​

By learning how to start a boat business, you can capitalize on your passion for boating while getting paid to do it. But before you launch a boat charter business, there are a number of things to consider to get it off to a strong start.  Create a business plan. Consider weekly charter rates, the number

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BALI Catamarans Unveils The New Bali 5.8 Flagship

CATANA GROUP launches its 14th BALI CATAMARAN model, the BALI 5.8, for the brand’s 10th anniversary! On Bali Catamaran’s 10th anniversary, the factory launched their 14th model, the brand-new flagship, Bali 5.8. This model, designed by the late Olivier Poncin, is the latest sailing catamaran in the very successful Bali range and promises to be

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Love Stories At Sea…because it’s valentine’s day

Because it’s Valentine’s day, we wanted to celebrate all the couples that we helped along to finding their “love boat”. But before we do that, let’s tell you about our founders, Stephen and Estelle who have one such love story that started in 1992 in Cape Town, South Africa. With the same feeling of ‘wanderlust’

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Yacht Manufacturers Bankruptcies: How to protect yourself

Silent Yachts, a company specializing in the production of solar electric catamarans, has recently been rumoured to be in trouble. Established in 2017, Silent Yachts gained recognition for its cubic-designed electric catamarans, featuring robust photovoltaic panels. Their marketing highlighted their leadership in the industry, but in reality it was Poland’s Sunreef Yachts who initially pioneered

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Catamaran Guru Expands Our Team and Locations

Catamaran Guru has established three more locations from where to serve our community in yacht brokerage services in 2023. We are excited about expanding our team and add additional locations with top-notch brokers in Key West & Florida Keys, Hawaii, Annapolis & Pacific Northeast! Along with our core teams in Florida, Texas and the Caribbean,

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Tips To Get The Best From Your Crewed Yacht Charter Experience

One summer, we had the wonderful pleasure of sailing a luxurious fully crewed (captain, chef, and first mate or sometimes called the steward) Lagoon 62 in Sint Maarten. Stephen and I were invited by the prospective new owners to test the sailing ability of the boat as well as grading the total experience. (Ask us

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